Water-meter.



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WATER METER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EDWARD HIXON AND CHARLES J. STAUB'ER, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS T0 vHIXON' AUTOMATIC VALVE COMPANY,

ILLINOIS.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF WATER-METER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

Application filed June 26, 1912. Serial No. 705,946.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD HIXON and CHARLES J STAUBER, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWater-Meters, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to water meters and particularly to the classwhich will automatically measure a quantity of liquid and then shutitself off automatically.

The object of this improvement is to provide a device of the charactermentioned which will be simple of construction and efiicient inoperation.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure '1 is a vertical section of the measuring wheel chamber of ourdevice, Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same taken on substantiallyline 2-2 in Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is a fragmental elevation of the device.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the dra vingcomprises a measuring wheel chamber 4. having a removable lid 5 securedthereto to form a liquid tight joint and provided with an intake opening6, exhaust opening 7 and a deflecting blade 8. Deflecting blade 8 ispositioned to direct the liquid entering through -the opening 6 so as toengage the buckets of the liquid measuring 9 is secured on a shaft 10and said shaft is journaled in suitable bearings eccentrically with thecentral portion of the measuring wheel chamber 1 so that the bucket-s onsaid wheel will pas s'near the side of the measuring wheel chamberpassing downwardly and at a distance from the side of said chamber whenpassing upwardly so that there will be little or no friction on theupward moving side of said wheel. A shaft 11 is journaled in the-centralportion of the plate 12 which is removably secured to the.

measuring wheel chamber 4. Said shaft is .operatively connected with themeasuring wheel 9 by means of a train of gears 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18to cause said shaft to rotate With the measuring wheel 9 In a proportionwheel 9. The wheel- 19. Said sleeve 19 is held resiliently against theclutch member 19 by'means of a compression spring 22 between the thumbwheel 21 and a nut 23. I

On the surface of the casing 12 is formed a dial 24 having markingscorresponding to the amount of liquid which will pass through thedevice. Carried by the sleeve 20 is a pointer 25 cooperating with thedial 24 to indicate the amount of liquid passing through the device. Asuitable valve or spigot 26 having a shaft 27 and operating lever 28 issecured to a liquid supply and the intake opening of the device in amanner to permit liquid to pass into the device upon opening such valve.Operatively con nected with the lever 28 is a connecting rod 29 which isprovided with a looped end 30. Said looped end 30 is slidably mounted onthe sleeve 20 between the thumb nut 21 and a cam 31. Cam 31 is carriedon the sleeve 20 and adapted to engage a cam roller 32 to raise theconnecting rod 29 thereby closing the valve 26 to shut off the liquidsupply.

When it is desired to draw a certain quantity of liquid the pointer isset at a point on the dial corresponding with the quantity of liquid itis desired to draw, as for instance, set at 15, Fig. 3 and the valve 26opened, the liquid will pass through said valve and turn the measuringwheel 9 until the cam 31 and pointer 25 reach the position indicated inFigs. 2 and 3, at zero at which time the cam 31 will have engaged thecam roller 32 thereby raising the connecting rod 29, closing off thevalve 26 to stop the passage of liquid into the device. In a like mannerthe pointer 25 and cam 31 on the shaft 11 may be set to draw anydesirable quantity of liquid and as soon as the desired amount haspassed through the device the pointer and cam will reach the zero pointand automatically stop the flow of liquid through the device asdescribed.

shaft 11 independently of the clutch member Vhile we have illustratedand described the preferred; form of construction for carrying ourinvention into effect, this is capable of variation and modificationwithout departing-from the spirit of the invention. We, therefore, donot wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth,but desire to avail ourselves of such variations and modifications ascome within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, a housing inclosing a measuring wheel chamber; ameasuring wheel journaled in said housing; a shaft journaled in saidhousing and operatively connected with said measuring wheel; a cam wheeljournaled on said shaft; spring actuated clutch gears operativelyconnecting said shaft with said cam wheel; a controlling valve incommunication with said measuring wheel chamber; and means actuated bysaid cam wheel closing said valve.

2. A liquid meter comprising a measuring wheel chamber; a measuringwheel journaled eccentrically in said measuring wheel chamber; anindicating dial on said measuring wheel chamber; a shaft journaledthrough said indicating dial; a train of gears connecting said shaftwith said measuring wheel; a pointer rotatively mounted on said shaft; aspring actuated clutch gear connecting said pointer with said shaft; acam on said clutch gear; a valve communicating with said measuring wheelchamber; and means actuated by said cam for automatically closing saidvalve, substantially as described.

3. A liquid meter comprising a measuring wheel chamber; a measuringwheel journaled eccentrically in said measuring wheel chamber; anindicating dial on said meas' uring wheel chamber; a shaft journaledthrough said indicating dial; a train of gears connecting said shaftwith said measuring wheel; a clutch member rigidly secured on saidshaft; a sleeve provided with a clutching end to cooperate with saidclutch member and loosely mounted on said shaft; a pointer carried onsaid sleeve; a manually operative hand wheel on said sleeve; acompression spring resiliently maintaining the clutch end of said sleevein mesh with said clutch member; a valve communicating with saidmeasuring wheelchamber; and means on said sleeve communicating with saidvalve to automatically close said valve, substantially as described.

4. A liquid meter comprising a measuring wheel chamber a measuring wheeljourn aled eccentrically in said measuring wheel chamher; an indicatingdial on said measuring wheel chamber; a shaft journaled through saidindicating dial; atrain of gears connecting said shaft with saidmeasuring wheel a clutch member rigidly secured on said shaft; a sleeveprovided with a clutching end to cooperate with said clutch member andloosely mounted on said shaft; a pointer carried on said sleeve; amanually operative handwheel on said sleeve; a compression springresiliently maintaining the clutch end of said sleeve in mesh with saidclutch member; a valve communicating with said measuring wheel chamber;a cam on said sleeve; a connecting rod operatively connected with saidvalve at one of,its ends and provided with a loop at its other endslidably mounted on said sleeve; and a member on said connecting link toengage said cam to automatically close said valve, substantially as 'described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names-to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD HIXON. CHARLES J. STAUBER.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR A. OLSON, JOSHUA R. H. Po'r'rs.

